The Peapod brand has discontinued operations in the U.S.
Location: United States, Illinois, Chicago
Employees: 1001-5000
Total raised: $73M
Founded date: 1989
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 13.04.2000 | - | $73M | - |
Mentions in press and media 18
| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.05.2020 | Meal, grocery delivery services can help sheltering seniors | Dear Savvy Senior: Can you recommend some good grocery and/or meal service delivery options for seniors? My 78-year-old mother has always shopped for herself, but since the coronavirus pandemic hit, the grocery store shelves are always half... |
| 02.10.2019 | Turmoil Is Coming To The Grocery Business And Industry Leaders Don’t Want To Talk About It | Supermarkets of the future have to change. Getty |
| 29.05.2018 | How Healthy Office Snacks Can Help Create A Better Culture | If you’ve ever toured the offices of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., you might notice a few commonalities. There’s the ubiquitous ping pong table, productivity-enhancing tunes wafting through the air, and an open, flexible worksp... |
| 22.05.2018 | Mid-Market Grocer Growth: Organic, Seeded or Grafted? | Amazon (mkt cap ~$760B) recently paid more for Whole Foods ($13.7B) than the balance sheets of many mid-market grocers. This frames the obvious question for all grocers: how can your business compete long-term? This is an especially challen... |
| 11.04.2018 | 10 Boston Food Tech Startups to Watch | Over the last decade, a food innovation community has been established in Boston’s greater startup and tech ecosystem. Think of ezCater, which was founded in 2007 and is now a nationwide marketplace for corporate catering. Think of Toast, w... |
| 03.12.2017 | Lifehacks That Make Being A Working Mom A Little Bit Easier | Shutterstock |
| 04.11.2015 | Hiku’s New Connected Grocery Scanner Lets You Order Groceries From Walmart And Peapod | Amazon may be leading the internet-of-things market when it comes to push-button ordering via hardware devices like its Dash grocery scanner and Dash buttons, but it’s not without its competition. Today, a company called hiku announced the ... |
| 04.08.2015 | Instacart Makes Its First Acquisition With “Acqui-hire” Of App Maker Wedding Party | On-demand grocery delivery service Instacart has made its first acquisition since raising hundreds of millions in venture funding for its growing business. The company is “acqui-hiring” the team from NEA-backed Wedding Party, a mobile appli... |
| 19.06.2015 | AmazonFresh Becomes A Prime Benefit In Select California Markets, At $7.99 Per Delivery | AmazonFresh, Amazon’s grocery delivery service which lets customers shop for both fresh produce and other packaged goods, is now being made available to Amazon Prime members in select markets for a $7.99 per delivery fee, on top of their $9... |
| 22.12.2014 | This online grocery service is shrinking Baltimore’s food deserts | Linda Jones walked out of the POWER House Community Center with a cart full of groceries. She didn’t have to travel to the store or pick the items off the shelves. That’s a good thing, since getting to the store takes a while for Jones. She... |
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